Ann C. Hall is a professor in the English department at Ohio Dominican University in Columbus, Ohio. She also serves as president of the Harold Pinter Society.

“fascinating reading”—ARBA; “engaging and incredibly informative...will be of interest to any Phantom fan”—Rue Morgue.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Introduction: The Skull Beneath the Skin      1. MASKING AND UNMASKING: GASTON LEROUX’S ORIGINAL PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1910)      2. DARKNESS MADE VISIBLE: THE PHANTOM ON FILM      Defining the Phantom: Lon Chaney’s Phantom of the Opera (1925)      The Feminist Phantom: Claude Rains’s Phantom of the Opera (1943)      Taming of the Phantom: Hammer Films’ Wholesome Phantom of the Opera (1962)      Phabulous Phantom: Brian De Palma’s Glam Rock Parody The Phantom of the Paradise (1974)      Decoys in the Danube: The TV Miniseries of Phantom of the Opera (1983)      Nightmare at the Opera: Freddy Krueger Meets The Phantom of the Opera (1989)      Red Phantom: Ronny Yu’s Chinese The Phantom Lover (1995)      “When You Hear My Thoughts, You’ll Know Where to Go”: Dario Argento’s Handsome Phantom (1998)      3. SONGS OF INNOCENCE AND EXPERIENCE: STAGE VERSIONS OF THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA      The Precursor Phantom: Ken Hill’s Phantom of the Opera (1984)      Phantom Rivalries: Arthur Kopit’s Forgotten Phantom on Stage (1991) and Screen (1990)      Kopit’s Phantom: The Television Version      Spectacular Phantom: Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom on Stage (1986) and Screen (2004)      The 2004 Film Version of the Lloyd Webber Musical      That Phantom in Vegas      Phantom of the Midwest: John Kenley and Robert Thomas Noll’s Phantom of the Opera (1988)      A Phunny Phantom: The Pinchpenny Phantom of the Opera (1988)      Flexible Phantom: Bruce Falstein’s Phantom of the Opera (1990)      The Invisible Phantom: Joseph Robinette and Robert Chauls’s Phantom of the Opera (1992)      4. VARIATIONS ON THE THEME: NOVELS AND MISCELLANEOUS VERSIONS OF THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA      The Romantic Phantom: Susan Kay’s Phantom (1991)      Taking a Bite Out of the Big Apple: Frederick Forsyth’s The Phantom of Manhattan (1999)      A Chapter Book Phantom: R.L. Stine’s Phantom of the Auditorium (1994)      A Steamy Phantom: Colette Gale’s Unmasqued: An Erotic Novel of “The Phantom of the Opera” (2007)      Phantom of the Short Story: Donald Barthelme’s “The Phantom of the Opera’s Friend” (1981)      Conclusion: The Phantom’s Future      Notes      Bibliography      Index